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轨

guǐ

track

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound. Simplified form of 軌.

Components
车 meaning component

车  Meaning component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

九 sound component

九  Sound component

jiǔ

  

nine

Evolution

轨 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
轨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
轨 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
轨 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
轨 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

轨 (軌) 

guǐ

track, rut, path; course; path; track; rail

Most common words with 轨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

轨道

orbit

轨

course

出轨

to leave the rails

轨迹

locus

正轨

the right track

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

匦

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 11.3407% of movies

1841st most common character in movies

1883rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

軌

Unicode

U+8F68


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